Gordon Bennett

This October marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution in 1917, with the Art Gallery of New South Wales commemorating the anniversary with an exhibition Australian art and the Russian avant-garde. Works by artists such as Gordon Bennettdemonstrate a strong engagement with iconic works by Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) and Aleksander Rodchenko (1891-1956), as well as those by Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958) and Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953).

For more than one hundred years, artists have drawn inspiration from the early twentieth-century avant-garde movement Constructivism. Call of the Avant-Garde: Constructivism & Australian Art at the Heide Museum of Modern Art is an extensive survey of over seventy artists and explores how Australian artists have responded to this ground breaking modernist movement and its enduring call upon their imaginations from the 1930s to the present day. The exhibition ru

The work of Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio, Sam Cranstoun, Peter Kennedy, Nigel Lendon, Stuart Ringholt and Jemima Wyman features as part of I Can See Russia From Here, curated by Chelsea Hopper at TCB, Melbourne. The exhibition includes the works of Australian artists who reference, are influenced by, or engage a “Russian imaginary”, as this year marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution. The exhibition runs from Wednesday June 7 - Saturday June 24 2017.

Work by artists Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio and Rosslynd Piggott can be seen at Every Brilliant Eye: Australian Art of the 1990s, an exhibition exploring a dynamic decade in Australian art. Drawn from the National Gallery of Victoria Collection, it provides an in depth look at a period characterised by dramatic change as artists adopted new technologies and increasingly heterogeneous approaches to making art.

'The Dust Never Settles' is a group exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum that draws on its collection to explore works by contemporary artists who probe at cultural, environmental and psychological histories that remain unresolved. The exhibition includes work by Khadim Ali, Richard Bell & Emory Douglas, Gordon Bennett, Bonita Ely, Dale Harding, Raquel Ormella, Luke Roberts and Judy Watson and runs from Wednesday 12 April to Sunday 30 July.

'The National' 2017 has launched its website dedicated to its upcoming triennial exhibition, profiling the artists featured including Khadim Ali, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Dale Harding, Gordon Hookey, Tom Nicholson, Raquel Ormella, Khaled Sabsabi, and Jemima Wyman. The site also includes essays by the exhibition curators providing an introduction to the exhibition concept.

In 2017 the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Carriageworks and Museum of Contemporary Art will present The National: New Australian Art. The National will showcase contemporary Australian art and includes new work by Khadim Ali, Gordon Bennett, Richard Bell, Dale Harding, Gordon Hookey, Tom Nicholson, Raquel Ormella, Khaled Sabsabi and Jemima Wyman. The National opens 30 March 2017.

The work of Gordon Bennett, Ian Burn, Eugene Carchesio, Luke Roberts, Tim Johnson, Vernon Ah Kee, Sandra Selig and Stuart Ringholt features as part of 'Sugar Spin', a large-scale and ambitious exhibition featuring work from the QAGOMA collection and new commissions, such as Judy Watson's 'tow row' 2016. The exhibition is situated at the Gallery of Modern Art and is part of the Gallery's tenth birthday celebrations 'GOMA Turns 10'.

Work by Gordon Bennett and Khaled Sabsabi features as part of the first Yinchuan Biennale, opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan on 9 September. Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, the Biennale will included 74 artists from 33 countries and is structured by the theme 'For an Image, Faster Than Light'. The Biennale runs until 18 December. Read more.

The unacknowledged histories of frontier violence and genocide are explored in a major new international exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. With a focus on the deterioration of relations between British settlers and indigenous peoples, this exhibition traces the beginning of a long and bloody history which begins with Governor Macquarie, April 17, 1816.

Major work by Gordon Bennett and a selection of significant recent works by Vernon Ah Kee are currently on display at Griffith Univeristy Art Gallery, South Bank as part of the exhibition 'Brutal Truths'. The exhibition runs until 9 April 2016, for further details please read more.

Be Polite, an exhibition of works on paper by Gordon Bennett opens 24 October 2015 at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. The exhibition will showcase a number of works that have never been seen. It will run until 20 December 2015. Read more.

Significant works by Judy Watson and the late Gordon Bennett feature as part of the large scale exhibition 21, celebrating Casula Powerhouse's 21st birthday. The exhibition opens 17 October and runs until 29 November. Read more.

Work by Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Chrisitian Capurro, Eugene Carchesio, Lucy Griggs, Stuart Ringholt, Khaled Sabsabi and Madonna Staunton is currently on display as part of 9/11 at MOANA project Space, Perth until 12 September 2015. Curated by Chelsea Hopper the exhibition reflects on the impact of the events of September 11 through the work of a selection of contemporary Australian and international artists.

The work of Gordon Bennett is included in an upcoming group exhibition 'Cross Pose: Body language against the grain' at the University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane. Curated by Dr Sally Butler, the exhibition brings together Australian artworks from The University of Queensland Art Collection that draw on the human body as expressions of cross-cultural subjectivities and visual politics. The exhibition runs 15 May to 9 August.

Taking it all away presents works drawn from the Museum of Contemporary Art Collection that explore the different effects of erasure, abstraction and the social impact of art. Featuring work by Gordon Bennett, Christian Capurro, Robert Hunter and Stuart Ringholt, the exhibition considers shared ideals and utopias, as well as art's agency in society.

Gordon Bennett was recognised for his major contribution to Australian art and the country's cultural life at the Griffith University 2014 Alumni Awards on Friday 17 October 2014. Gordon was awarded posthumously the Griffith University Arts, Education and Law Outstanding Alumnus of the Year 2014 and Griffith University Queensland College of Art Outstanding Alumnus of the Year 2014.

It is with great sadness that we announce that Gordon Bennett passed away from natural causes on 3 June 2014. He will be deeply missed as a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, a colleague and an artist.

Opening on 12 September 2014, 'An Appetite for Painting' features the work of contemporary painters including Gordon Bennett, Chris Ofili, Jittish Kallat, Marlene Dumas and many more. The exhibition will run until 4 January 2015 at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway and is curated by Gavin Jantjes. Read more

'My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia' opens tomorrow Friday 28 March at Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki. The exhibition presents over 100 works by over 40 artists, including Gordon Bennett, Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Judy Watson and Gordon Hookey. My Country showcases the breadth of recent work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and the connections the artists have with their land and nation. The exhibition runs until 20 July 2014.

Jon Cattapan, Judy Watson and Gordon Bennett feature in the Melbourne Review's review of (What's so Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding. The exhibition is currently being held at The Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Victoria until August 18.

Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, Judy Watson, and Luke Roberts are included in Voice and Reason at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. The exhibition runs 18 May - November 2013.

Gordon Bennett, Richard Bell, Judy Watson, Gordon Hookey, and Vernon Ah Kee will feature in My Country, I Still Call Australia Home at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. The exhibition is the Gallery’s largest survey of contemporary art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to date. The exhibitions runs 1 June to 7 October 2013.

A pop up exhibition will open on Thursday 6th December from 6 - 8pm. Propositions will span over two warehouse spaces and will run from 6 - 11 December. The address is 78 Logan Rd Woolloongabba (100m down the road from Milani Gallery).

Both Gordon Bennet and Stuart Ringholt have been selected as participating artists in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany. Directed by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, dOCUMENTA (13) is dedicated to artistic research and forms of imagination that explore commitment, matter, things, embodiment, and active living in connection with, yet not subordinated to, theory. Since its establishment in 1955, dOCUMENTA has been regarded as the most important international exhibition of contemporary art.

Gordon Bennett' work will be featured in a survey exhibition at the AAMU, The Netherlands. The exhibition will focus on aspects of abstraction and appropriation within Bennett's practice. The exhibition will coincide with Gordon Bennett's participation in Documenta 13, Kassell.

Outsider/Insider: The Art of Gordon Bennett, AAMU, The Netherlands. 21 June - 9 December 2012. For more information: http://www.aamu.nl/exhibitions-currently-scheduled

Issue 78 of ArtAsiaPacific Contemporary Visual Cultures features an article on Gordon Bennett's practice and a profile on Stuart Ringholt. Fields of Disturbance by Olivier Krischer discusses the question of indigenous history and colonial myths, and is a feature article in the May/June issue. Stuart Ringholt' profile A Naked Truth by Michael Young focuses on the themes of fear and humiliation that run through the artist' practice.

Currently showing at the MCA, Volume One: MCA Collection reflects upon the breadth of Australian contemporary art over the past 20 years and includes work by Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Ian Burn, Aleks Danko, Bonita Ely, Lousie Hearman, Tim Johnson, Gareth Sansom and Gemma Smith. For more information: http://www.mca.com.au/mca-collection/volume-one-mca-collection/

Works by Gordon Bennett/John Citizen, Stuart Ringholt, and Gemma Smith are featured in an exhibition currently on display at the Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane. House Inspection explores the relationships and tensions between modes of display seen
within public galleries and domestic spaces.

Works by Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, Louise Hearman, Luke Roberts and Madonna Staunton will be on display as part of NEW 2010, an upcoming exhibition of recent acquisitions at the University of Queensland Art Museum. University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia, 11 December 2010 - 20 February 2011.http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=141601

Self portraits by Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett and Luke Roberts feature in an exhibition currently on display at the University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane. Curated by Samantha Littley, Multiplicites: Self portraits from the collection, examines how contemporary artists have reinvigorated and expanded the traditional genre of self portraiture. University of Queensland Art Museum, 25 November 2010 - 16 January 2011.http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=120216

Works by Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio Tim Johnson, Raquel Ormella and Judy Watson feature in an upcoming exhibition at the City Gallery, Wellington. roundabout will showcase major new works by 108 artists, both established and emerging, from around the world. roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand, 25 September 2010 - 16 January 2011. http://www.citygallery.org.nz/roundabout/

Historic and contemporary artworks will be juxtaposed in an exhibition that highlights the depth of collecting at UQ. Many artists are on display through July 4, including Ian Burn, Luke Roberts, Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, Sandra Selig, Eugene Carchesio, Judy Watson, Tim Johnson, Madonna Staunton and many more. Read more here: http://www.uq.edu.au/centenary/100-years-100-artworks

The Heide Museum of Modern Art is hosting the show: Cubism & Australian Art, featuring many artists including Ian Burn, Gordon Bennett, Eugene Carchesio, Liz Gower, Gemma Smith and Madonna Staunton. The show is curated by Sue Cramer and Lesley Harding and is on from November 24 - April 8, 2010. Read more here: http://www.heide.com.au/Exhibitions/Cubism_Australian_Art